Re: Review of windows package

[Markus Mützel]

Am 06. April 2019 um 19:50 Uhr schrieb "John Donoghue":
> On 4/6/19 12:01 PM, "Markus Mützel" wrote:
> > Am 06. April 2019 um 13:49 Uhr schrieb "John Donoghue":
> >> Does any one have a little spare time to review the next version of the
> >> windows package on the release tracker?
> >>
> >> https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/362/
> >>
> >> The current review checklist is
> >> https://wiki.octave.org/Reviewing_Octave-Forge_packages
> >>
> > To be honest I am not very familiar with Octave's package system and I 
> > don't know how to do a review.
> > This is what I did:
> > On Octave 6.0.0 (hg id: 7b03bc060dc7) unpacked from the 7z-dist file, I ran 
> > the following:
> >>> pkg install 
> >>> https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/_discuss/thread/bdda9bfc44/5bdb/attachment/windows-1.3.1.tar.gz
> > For information about changes from previous versions of the windows 
> > package, run 'news windows'.
> >
> > "news windows" displays fine. "pkg load windows" seems to work and 
> > "runtests 
> > D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2019-04-06-15-42-w64\octave-2019-04-06-15-42-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\windows-1.3.1"
> >  reported that both BISTs succeeded.
> > "pkg unload windows" works.
> > However on uninstall, I see the following:
> >>> pkg uninstall windows
> > error: couldn't delete directory 
> > D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2019-04-06-15-4
> > 2-w64\octave-2019-04-06-15-42-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\windows-1.3.1:
> >  Directory not empty
> > error: called from
> >      uninstall at line 120 column 11
> >      pkg at line 490 column 7
> > But the directory is empty:
> >>> dir 
> >>> D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2019-04-06-15-42-w64\octave-2019-04-06-15-42-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\windows-1.3.1
> > .   ..
> > I don't know whether this is specific to the package.
> > Should I run any further tests?
> >
> >
> > On Octave 5.1.0.0 installed with the official Windows installer, I couldn't 
> > install the package with the same command that succeeded with the 
> > self-compiled development version:
> >>> pkg -verbose install 
> >>> https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/_discuss/thread/bdda9bfc44/5bdb/attachment/windows-1.3.1.tar.gz
> > mkdir (C:\Users\Markus\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-PEhJf8)
> > untar (C:\Users\Markus\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-9fRLSF\windows-1.3.1.tar.gz, 
> > C:\Users\Markus\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-PEhJf8)
> > ./configure: line 1436: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1448: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1483: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1645: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1649: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1653: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1657: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1661: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > ./configure: line 1665: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > configure: loading site script /usr/local/etc/config.site
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > ./configure: line 2128: cannot create temp file for here-document: 
> > Permission denied
> > checking whether the C compiler works... no
> > sed: can't read conftest.c: No such file or directory
> > configure: error: in 
> > `/c/Users/Markus/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-PEhJf8/windows-1.3.1/src':
> > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> > See `config.log' for more details
> >
> > pkg: error running the configure script for windows.
> > error: called from
> >      configure_make at line 82 column 9
> >      install at line 184 column 7
> >      pkg at line 441 column 9
> > However, I don't know whether I am doing the right thing.
> > Maybe this is because the folder that Octave is installed in seems to be 
> > protected by user account control on my system. If this is the case, I am 
> > inclined to say that this is an error in Octave's pkg function or the 
> > installer rather than in the windows package.
> >
> > Markus
> 
> 
> You could try a local install perhaps (-local) and see if that gets 
> around permission issues ?
> 
> 
> 
> What does installing a package from forge do? Such as the recently 
> reclease control or signal package ?

I see the same error for control:
>> pkg -forge install control
./configure: line 1390: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1402: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1437: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1599: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1603: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1607: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1611: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1615: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1619: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1970: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
sed: can't read conftest.cpp: No such file or directory
configure: error: in 
`/c/Users/Markus/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-bQ3I7B/control-3.2.0/src':
configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
configure: loading site script /usr/local/etc/config.site
checking for mkoctfile... C:/Octave/OCTAVE~1.0/mingw64/bin/mkoctfile-5.1.0.exe
checking for octave-config... 
C:/Octave/OCTAVE~1.0/mingw64/bin/octave-config-5.1.0.exe
checking for g++... g++
checking whether the C++ compiler works... no

pkg: error running the configure script for control.
error: called from
    configure_make at line 82 column 9
    install at line 184 column 7
    pkg at line 441 column 9

And also the same for a -local install:
>> pkg -local install 
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/_discuss/thread/bdda9bfc44/5bdb/attachment/windows-1.3.1.tar.gz
./configure: line 1436: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1448: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1483: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1645: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1649: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1653: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1657: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1661: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 1665: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
./configure: line 2128: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission 
denied
sed: can't read conftest.c: No such file or directory
configure: error: in 
`/c/Users/Markus/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-Asu4E3/windows-1.3.1/src':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
configure: loading site script /usr/local/etc/config.site
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no

pkg: error running the configure script for windows.
error: called from
    configure_make at line 82 column 9
    install at line 184 column 7
    pkg at line 441 column 9

Markus